In early 1968, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army launched a major offensive across South Vietnam. The U.S. embassy in Saigon was breached. The imperial capital of Hue was overrun. Eventually, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct 18, 2006 — -- Tony Snow, the president's press secretary, is less cautious than some of his predecessors in the Bush White House. Possibly because of his experience in the ...

Relive the intensity of 1968, the deadliest year of the Vietnam War, marked by the Tet Offensive. This video explores the surprise attacks launched across South Vietnam, the brutal urban combat, and ...

It’s been almost 58 years since Army veteran Robert Hendricks witnessed some of the worst moments of the Vietnam War, but those stark memories remained burned into his subconscious. Hendricks, who was ...

The surprise military offensive in 1968 -- launched by the communist north on the eve of the Tet lunar new year -- targeted more than 100 cities and outposts in southern Vietnam. The assault ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; MAP LISTING; PART I-PRE-TET 1968; CHAPTER 1-A Puzzling War; III MAF January 1968; MACV and Command Arrangements; South Vietnam and I Corps; The Enemy; Focus on ...

It was supposed to be a holiday ceasefire. Instead, it became one of the most coordinated and devastating surprise attacks in modern warfare. In January 1968, the Tet Offensive turned the Vietnam War ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - This year, we marked a half-century since the end of the Vietnam War. Those who served in the conflict have unique stories to share about their time in Vietnam and the reception ...

Saigon, Vietnam, Feb. 3, 1968: Heavy smoke billows from a massive tire pile as onlookers stand by. The exact location of the fire was not noted by the photographer, but possibly Tan Son Nhut Air Base, ...